Alcohol and Older People Seminar
Age Concern & Institute of Alcohol Studies
8 December 2008
Alliance House, 12 Caxton Street, London SW1H 0QS

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Agenda

10.00 Arrival & coffee

10.15 Chairman’s Introductions - Professor Ian Gilmore

10.30 Is there a problem and if there is, what does it look like?
Andrew McNeill
presentation (pdf 622kb)

10.40 Alcohol and Harm in older people
Dr Marsha Morgan
presentation (pdf 6.3mb)

11.00 Discussion

11.30 Community Services – needs and opportunities
Richard Cyster
presentation (pdf 51kb)

12.00 Discussion

12.30 Lunch

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NHS response: Chairman - Andrew Harrop

1.00 Pharmaceutical Services
Claudine Lyons
presentation (pdf 158kb)

1.20 Accident & Emergency
Adrian Brown
presentation (pdf 690kb)

1.40 Mental Health Services
Dr Tony Rao
presentation (pdf 622kb)

2.00 National policy on alcohol and older people
Don Lavoie
presentation (pdf 1.7mb)
Dianne Kennard
presentation (pdf 65kb)

2.20 Discussion

2.50 Tea

3.00 Summing up: What would an alcohol harm reduction strategy for older people contain?
Dr Lynn Owens
presentation (pdf 880kb)

3.30 Close